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damob
13-01-2011, 11:34
http://www.howeracing.com/p-7433-stealth-hd-steering-quickener.aspx
Has anyone tryed these?
I wonder how they would work in a civic..

eoghain1
13-01-2011, 11:38
Alot of drifting lads use them, never seen one myself though

noonan
13-01-2011, 16:56
my friend has one ...hasn put it on yet but very easy to put in!

eoghain1
13-01-2011, 17:11
my friend has one ...hasn put it on yet but very easy to put in!

Has he noticed any play in the gearing of the quickener itself?

kforkevin
13-01-2011, 17:43
i think they are not fia " likeable".

damob
13-01-2011, 22:11
i think they are not fia " likeable".

I can imagine scrutineers might not be too happy with them!

gkd
14-01-2011, 08:23
I use a similar steering quickener(Coleman, 1.5:1, 3-bolt) in a 97 Civic for gravel rallies. It does have free play(even when new)but it has stood up to a full season of gravel rallying(some of our California rallies are very, very rough). Since there is no LHD Civic quick rack available, steering quickeners are used by a few gravel Civics in the US. The free play is noticeable on tarmac and it does remove a lot of the feedback. On gravel, the steering play does not seem to be a big issue.

George

hesus2003
14-01-2011, 08:38
does quaife not make a lhd quickrack for the civic?

gkd
14-01-2011, 16:54
does quaife not make a lhd quickrack for the civic?

Quaife does not make a LHD quick rack for power steering, only for non-assisted. On gravel rallies the steering kickback is too harsh and the effort too high without PS.

As far as the PS pump goes, I had to modify both the bypass spring and the outlet valve to make sure that there was assist at high rpm.

George